Branches of Quakerism

Eight Questions on Convergent Friends: An Interview with Robin Mohr

Friends everywhere are addressing questions about being authentic Quakers, not just Evangelical Christians and not just liberal do-gooders. What is…

What Will Get Us Ready

If we are to reach and garner the present day seekers who exist in every neighborhood, persons who are disillusioned…

Introduction: New England Yearly Meeting Friends Explore their Relationship with Friends United Meeting

A series on New England Yearly Meeting's discernment over the challenges of their relationship with Friends United Meeting, and with…

Quaker Profiles: Carole and Ray Treadway

Friends from birth, Ray and Carole Treadway each have a different Quaker family history. Carole looks back to many generations…

Can Friends of diversified thinking remain united?

What a great week the Gathering was! I felt like a country boy attending his first county fair. There were…

Quaker Identity Crisis

As a child I was a constant attendee at annual Gatherings of Friends General Conference. I *have many fond memories…

Beyond Words: Reflections on the 2006 Section of the Americas Annual Meeting

While walking down the cobblestone streets of Antigua, Guatemala, I started to reflect on what the 2006 Annual Meeting meant…

Learning from Salvadoran Friends

After the 2006 FWCC Section of the Americas meeting in Guatemala, we joined a small group of other U.S. Friends…

A Snapshot of Friends in the Americas

Are Friends growing or shrinking? The answer, of course, is, "It all depends"—on where, over what time, and by how…

Convergence among Friends: From the ‘Kitchen’ to the ‘Parlor’

Have you ever sensed that the earliest Quakers had a fire that seems to be missing now? What do we…

Traveling with the Friends Directory

We planned our drive from California to the 2006 FGC Gathering carefully, arranging to meet our daughter and son-in-law at…

Friendly Vocations

What does it mean to live vocationally? Living out of a sense of calling is radically different from other motivations.…
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